16-Design Christmas Mini Pie Mold Collection

About this piece

A kitchen piece shaped to be used with wet hands and cleaned in seconds. The thinking behind it is simple: get the size right, get the surface right, and leave everything else alone. Nothing here is decorative for its own sake.

Materials and build

Built from parts that each do one job, with the fastenings sized to the load rather than to the price. There is no glue in the joints that matters, nothing is torqued past what the material wants, and the piece can be taken apart if it ever has to be stored flat. A solid, straightforward build. Where a cheaper version would save a screw, a brace or a washer, this one keeps it — which is why it does not wobble after a season of use and why it does not develop the rattle that gives away a lightweight build.

Sizing, fixings and what you get

Sized for a normal hand and a normal counter: wide enough to press against without it skating, shallow enough to store in a drawer, and light enough to shake clean rather than having to be scrubbed out.

Shaped for wet hands and a small drawer

A small kitchen tool built around the motion it is actually used with, so it does not fight your wrist. We would rather it be slightly plainer than slightly flimsy. So the shape is quiet, the corners are radiused rather than sharp for looks, and the material is chosen for how it behaves on the hundredth use rather than the first. A counter tool that does one job properly and stores in a drawer afterwards.

Living with it in the kitchen

It is sized for ordinary rooms and ordinary hands rather than for a showroom. Set it up in one sitting, and if you move it six months later, nothing will have seized or gone brittle in the meantime. If you are choosing between this and something similar, the deciding detail is usually in the specification rather than the description — start there. Keep the packaging if you have the space: it is the cheapest way to store the piece between seasons and it avoids the compression damage that ruins things in a cardboard box.

Specifications

Type	16-Design Christmas Mini Pie Mold Collection
Materials	Mixed materials, fixings matched to the load
Colours	As shown in the gallery photographs
What you get	1 x 16-Design Christmas Mini Pie Mold Collection

How we would wear it

1. Within reach of the hob

   Where the tool is actually used, not where it looks tidy.

2. Stored flat in a drawer

   No dedicated cupboard space required.

3. Rinsed and stood on edge

   Dries without leaving water in a recess.

4. Used with wet hands

   The grip is shaped to work when your hands are slippery.

In the box

• 1 x 16-Design Christmas Mini Pie Mold Collection

Care

Clean with a damp cloth and avoid harsh chemicals, which dull the finish without getting anything cleaner. Store it dry and it will look the same in three years as it does on the day it arrives.

Questions we get asked